Tess Harper
Acting
Born August 15, 1950
From Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, USA
Also known as Tesa Harper, Tessie Jean Harper
Biography
Tessie Jean "Tess" Harper (née Washam; born August 15, 1950) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her first film role in 1983's Tender Mercies, and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Crimes of the Heart....
Filmography
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
Tess
20233.7
American Outlaws
Loretta Hillhouse
20234.5
Good Side of Bad
Mary Ellen
20235.0
Rosebud Lane
Sugar
20232.0
The Evening Hour
Dorothy Freeman
20214.2
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Self
2020
The Long Shadow
Mama Doris
20203.1
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Self
20196.8
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Mrs. Pinkman
20197.0
Burden
Hazel
20186.1
The Perfect Guy
Mrs. McCarthy
20155.7
Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat
Linda (segment "Surprise")
20151.0
Surprise
Linda
20154.0
Frank
Frank's Mom
20146.8
Sunlight Jr.
Kathleen
20135.2
Straight A's
Mother
20135.2
The Christmas Heart
Elizabeth
20125.8
A Christmas Wish
Trudy Willis
20115.9
Fatal Secrets
Naomi
20093.8
No Country for Old Men
Loretta Bell
20077.9
Broken
Clare
20075.6
Saving Sarah Cain
Miriam Esh
20075.2
Kiss the Bride
Barbara Davis
20075.0
Judy's Got a Gun
Susan Lemen
20071.0
Broken Bridges
Dixie Rose Delton
20067.4
Jam
Ruby
20064.8
Karla
Molly Czehowicz
20065.4
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Liz O`Callahan
20064.4
Loggerheads
Elizabeth
20055.9
Angel in the Family
Mrs. Nelly Tomkins
20044.9
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Lonely Place
200410.0
The Rising Place
Rebecca Hodge
20016.7
The In Crowd
Dr. Amanda Giles
20004.7
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Narrator / Older Laura Ingalls Wilder
19997.0
Dirty Laundry
Beth Greene
1998
The Jackal
The First Lady
19976.4
A Child's Wish
Joanna Chandler
19976.3
The Killing Secret
Tina Decapprio
19975.4
A Stranger to Love
Linda Grant
19965.7
The Road to Galveston
Julia Archer
19964.5
Death in Small Doses
Jerri Sims
19956.5
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Self (uncredited)
19938.2
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
Verna Heath
19926.7
My New Gun
Kimmy Hayes
19924.1
In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion
Vickie Singer
19924.3
The Turning
Martha Harnish
19923.2
The Man in the Moon
Abigail Trant
19917.4
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Cheryl
19916.3
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
Sara Lee
19905.8
Incident at Dark River
Betty McFall
19897.0
Criminal Law
Detective Stillwell
19895.6
Her Alibi
Sally Blackwood
19895.4
Unconquered
Mrs. Mary Flowers
19899.3
Far North
Rita
19886.5
Little Girl Lost
Clara Brady
19888.0
Ishtar
Willa
19874.6
Daddy
Ann Burnette
19877.2
Crimes of the Heart
Chick Boyle
19866.1
Promises to Keep
Gwen Palmer
19857.5
A Summer to Remember
Jeannie Wyler
19856.5
Reckless Disregard
Meredith Craig
19858.0
Flashpoint
Ellen
19846.2
Silkwood
Linda Dawson
19836.9
Amityville 3-D
Nancy Baxter
19834.6
Tender Mercies
Rosa Lee
19836.8
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Janet Briggs
19835.0
Kentucky Woman
19836.5